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Awake and Arise
Rod Hall

Awake and arise! The morning is here
The hills and the valleys are bright, fresh and clear
There’s a blue sky above us, o’er green grass we roam
Through England’s meadows, our Calverton home

My name is Bet, I’m eleven years of age
Oh life is so hard on a farm labourer’s wage
I will go into service when I am fourteen
For a gentleman and lady who live on the green

Our Bet is my sister, Dick Webb is my name
Then there’s Molly and Judy, there’s John, Mick and Jane
I can plough with a tractor, furrows straight as a pin
Mister Fountaine he’s our Master, and George is our king

My name it is Molly and I am just five
I have lived on the bank here since I was alive
I’m a good girl, a farm girl and I never complain
Whatever be the weather come sunshine or rain

Here we are all together, we have sung you our verse
We’ll see many changes for better or worse
But the land will endure as the seasons they turn
Just as springtime follows winter and swallows return

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from Calverton: Songs from 'The Horse & the Tractor', released June 1, 2015
The choirs of Loughton Manor First & Middle Schools
directed by Lizzie Bancroft
solos by Tania, Oliver and Tilly Gerra

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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK

An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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